You can watch the animal being carried by one of the handlers when the unmistakable trickling sound breaks the presenters' concentration, forcing them to admit that the animal was weeing all over the table.

Making light of the alligator's accident, one of the show's hosts joked: "I don't think that's Gatorade," while the female presenter laughed, simply adding: "Wow."

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The alligator was making its live TV debut on American FoxNews show Fox and Friends according to our sister site The Mirror, were it was featuring in the programme's Monster Week as one of the world's deadliest predators.

Last month, an alligator demonstrated exactly why it is known as one of the most dangerous animals on the globe after it mauled its handler during a public demonstration .

The man's arm was left splattered with blood after the creature turned and launched an attack.